As the top-ranked string quartet applicant to the Residency Partnership Program, the Cavani Quartet will receive Chamber Music America’s annual Guarneri String Quartet Residency Award, made possible by a generous gift from the Sewell Family Foundation.

The Cavani Quartet was the recipient of the first annual award when it was inaugurated in 2005.

The Cavani String Quartet’s Beethoven & Brotherhood Project, performed in Greater Cleveland libraries.

Cavani’s Team Up With Music program, filmed at Indian Prairie Elementary School.

“Together, these players make music with passionate conviction, as if their lives depended on interaction. Expressive intensity, shapely phrasing and ultra-sensitive attention to nuances have become Cavani hallmarks. …this powerful and poetic performance was an example of the special joy musicians exude when minds and instruments connect on the highest level.”

Program:
   ”Canandaigua” by Albert Glinsky with Mercyhurst Dance Department
   Dvorák “American Quartet” February 21-22, 2011 Carlos Mosely Chamber Music Society,
Converse College

Daniel Recital Hall
580 E. Main Street
Spartansburg, SC 29302
(864)596-9000
www.converse.edu
February 21: Concert at 8:00 pm

February 22: Residency

Program:
   Beethoven Op. 18, No.1
   Beethoven Op. 135
   Debussy Op. 10 in G March 22-23, 2011 Berkeley Chamber Performances

Berkeley City Club
2315 Durant Avenue
Berkeley, CA 94704
(510)848-7800
www.berkeleychamberperform.org March 22: Concert at 8:00 pm

March 23: Residency

Program:
   Beethoven Op. 18 No. 1
   Bartok Quartet No. 4
   Ravel Quartet in F April 10, 2011 Arts at Abingdon

Abingdon Episcopal Church
4645 George Washington Memorial Hwy.
Gloucester, VA 23183
(804)693-3035
www.abingdonchurch.org April 10: Concert at 5:00 pm

Program:
All Beethoven Concert: “Beginnings and Endings”
   Quartet Op. 18, No.3
   Quartet Op. 18, No.1
   Quartet Op. 135 April 27, 2011 Cleveland Institute of Music

Kulas Hall, CIM
11021 East Boulevard
Cleveland, OH 44106
www.cim.edu April 27: Beethoven Quartet Cycle

March 23: Residency

Program:
   Quartet in F Major, Op. 18, No. 1
   Quartet in F Major, Op. 135

Concert is Free May 13-14, 2011 Chamber Music Connection

Ohio Wesleyan University
61 S. Sandusky Street
Delaware, OH 43015
(740) 368-2000
www.owu.edu May 13: Concert for May Festival

May 14: Masterclass

Program:
   TBA September 17, 2011 Ohio Regional Music Arts and Cultural Outreach

Broadway Street Hall Auditorium
144 N. Broadway
Medina, OH 44256
(330) 772-2541
www.ormaco.org Sept. 17: Concert at 8:00 pm

Opening the ORMACO season

Program:
   TBA September 29 -
October 2, 2011 Honolulu Chamber Music Society

Doris Duke Theater
900 S. Beritania Street, Honolulu, HI 96814
(808) 532-8768
www.honoluluacademy.org September 29: Chamber Music Master Class, Iolani High School

October 1: Suzuki Association “Team Up With Music”

October 2: Performance at 7:30 pm

Program:
   Beethoven String Quartet Opus 18 No. 5
   Bartok String Quartet No. 4
   Schumann String Quartet Opus 41 No. 3 in A Major

Program:
   Beethoven String Quartet Opus 18 No. 5 in A major
   Bartok String Quartet No. 4
   Schumann String Quartet Opus 41 No. 3 in A major October 10 and 12, 2011 San Domenico School

1500 Butterfield Rd.
San Anselmo, CA
(415) 258-1900
www.sandomenico.org October 10 and 12: 3:30 – 6 pm Coaching, Master Classes with San Domenico students

Program:
   TBA October 14-15, 2011 Redwoods Art Council

Occidental Center for the Arts
4008 Bohemian Rd.
Occidental, CA
(707) 874-9392
info@occidentalcenterforthearts.org October 14: Residency at Analy High School

October 15: Performance at 8 pm

Program:
   Beethoven String Quartet Opus 18 No. 5 in A major
   Bartok String Quartet No. 4
   Schumann String Quartet Opus 41 No. 3 in A major

Program:
   Beethoven String Quartet Opus 18 No. 5 in A major
   Bartok String Quartet No. 4
   Schumann String Quartet Opus 41 No. 3 in A major November 2-5, 2011 Morehead State University

003A Breckinridge Hall
150 University Blvd.
Morehead, KY 40351
(800) 585-6781
www.moreheadstate.edu November 2 -5: Master Classes, Coaching and Performance

Program:
   TBA March 1-3, 2012 Sanibel Music Festival

Sanibel Congregational Church
2050 Periwinkle Way
Sanibel Island, FL 33957
(239) 344-7025
www.sanibelmusicfestival.org March 2: School Program, 1:15 p.m.-2:00 p.m.

March 3: Concert at 8:00 p.m.

Program:
   Haydn Quartet Opus 20 No.2
   Bartok Quartet No. 5
   Ravel Quartet in F March 5-7, 2012 ProMusica

First Community Church
2007 E. 15th St., Joplin, MO
(417) 625-1822
www.promusicajoplin.org March 5-7: Residencies

March 8: Concert, 7:00 p.m.

Program:
   Haydn Quartet Opus 20 No.2
   Bartok Quartet No. 5
   Ravel Quartet in F March 14-16, 2012 University of Tennessee
March 14-16: Residency at School of Music
April 17-20, 2012 Morehead State University

003A Breckinridge Hall
150 University Blvd.
Morehead, KY 40351
(800) 585-6781
www.moreheadstate.edu Program:
   TBA May 18-19, 2012 Chamber Music Columbus

Columbus, OH Program:
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“Rarely has the work (Shostakovich’s Quartet No. 1) sounded so light, sweet, and classically proportioned as it did in the hands of the Cavanis… their playing was superb.” – The Los Angeles Times

“…warmly lyrical… a monolithic performance…” – The New York Times

“The Cavani played with brilliance and technical expertise… one seamless, superb ensemble performance. The Cavani held the audience spellbound.” – The Cleveland Plain Dealer

“…It has been some time since I have heard such lovely, unforced, gentle but truly assured phrasing; such genuinely spontaneous, unconvtrived cantabile. This kind of intimacy is what real chamber music is all about.” – Musical America

“The fiery Cavani String Quartet moved, breathed and sighed as one… tonal blend and stylistic unity were impeccable. Onstage, they were a formidable presence.” – The Salt Lake Tribune

“As a group, the quartet played as one, forcefully, confidently, yet passionately. Its full, brightly illuminated sound complemented solo playing as well, without sacrificing each player’s individuality.” – Austin American-Statesman, in reference to their performance of the Bartók Quartet Cycle

“…the Cavani String Quartet’s approach to the masterworks in Beethoven’s chamber music canon is clean limbed, energetic and inspired.” – The Buffalo News

“The Mozart Society presented last night at All Saints Church in Carmel, the Cavani String Quartet. It was a stunning concert! These fine young players, violinists Annie Fullard and Mari Sato, violist Kirsten Docter and cellist Merry Peckham, each one a highly skilled virtuoso, played together with a magnificent blending of the three P’s — precision, passion and polish.” – Penninsula Reviews
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“The troupe played fearlessly in rarefied works from the summit of the repertoire, by Mozart, Bartok and Beethoven. And if one fugue is great, four must be greater – a veritable “fugue fiesta” as violinist Annie Fullard told the audience in Temple Beth-El.” – San Antonio Express-News
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“You might say the Cleveland-based Cavani Quartet is on track to be the next Kronos Quartet. Further evidence that the Cavanis are super cool…” – New Music Box
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“Together, these players make music with passionate conviction, as if their lives depended on interaction. Expressive intensity, shapely phrasing and ultra-sensitive attention to nuances have become Cavani hallmarks. …this powerful and poetic performance was an example of the special joy musicians exude when minds and instruments connect on the highest level.” – The Cleveland Plain Dealer
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“The Cavani String Quartet is a rare all-female ensemble. Going strong for 25 years, they don’t overwork the red evening gowns or blow-dried curls. Instead, they dart bows with accuracy and elegance…” – Aural States
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The Cavani String Quartet performing Felix Mendelssohn’s Quartet No. 2 in A minor, Op. 13: 1. Adagio – Allegro vivace.

This concert was recorded live at the Cleveland Institute of Music’s Kulas Hall (www.cim.edu) in 2009.

The Cavani String Quartet performing Mendelssohn’s Quartet No. 2 in A minor, Op. 13, 2nd Movement: Adagio non lento, recorded at the Cleveland Institute of Music‘s Kulas Hall in 2009.